I am not being critical of an executive decision to keep state employees at home that day, but a single directive shut down all liquor stores in the state. Where I live, there was a little rain on Tuesday and not much else. But the state store nearby was closed as tight as a bug in a rug.

If the liquor stores were independently operated, perhaps some of the stores across the state would have been closed on Tuesday. All of the grocery stores and gas stations that I saw on Tuesday were open.